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Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Easter

Yes, I'm behind and just getting this up now. Deal with it.

Beautiful weather on Easter Sunday, perhaps even a little too warm for those cute Easter sweater vests my boys were to wear but I made them wear them anyway. I woke up to find that while we were out of town the day before, our yard had suddenly come into full spring bloom.



Anyone know what this flower/shrub is? It blooms with this big purple flowers in the spring that smell fabulous. It looks kind of silly though since there are no leaves on it. The flowers go away and it ends up being this not very full, not very tall bush that has some green leaves on it for the rest of summer. In the fall all the leaves fall off and it is this weird looking bunch of sticks in my yard until the flowers come out again in the spring.


Then it was up with the kids and getting that typical Easter stuff taken care of. We had an Easter egg hunt and then attacked those Easter baskets.


We skipped out on church and instead went to a park so Marcus could try out his new bike. He was a bit tentative at first but quickly got the hang of it.



Will was cracking me up every time he would go down this small hill and insisted on putting his feet as high into the air as he could get them.


After nap, we got all dolled up and headed off to dinner with my family.


More Easter baskets and more egg hunts later, Easter was finally coming to a close.


It was a fabulous Easter weekend... from what I remember since it happened so long ago. Happy Spring!

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Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Pre-Easter

Been really busy with blog-worthy things around here what with birthdays and Easter and celebrations of love (a bridal shower). So here is a quick rundown of some of the events.

Weather was unseasonably warm prior to Easter so we colored our Easter eggs outside wearing shorts (and aprons) in 80 degree weather.



The day before Easter we headed north to spend some time with Greg's family. Greg's sister Bethany is getting married in June. While the boys hung out with Greg and his dad, I headed off to a wonderful bridal shower with the girls.



We had a little time after the shower and before our next meal, so we went to the Pymatuning Spillway. The place is pretty much a legend. What is it? A bunch of hungry fish being fed and endless supply of stale bread.


The day was wrapped up with unwrapping some Easter baskets and a lovely meal with old and new friends and family.

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